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Jim Kaat

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Apr 24 W, 7-6 vs Dodgers Start 2.1 3 15 3 3 1 3 2 1 11.57 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI May 01 L, 0-7 vs Giants Finish 2.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 PHI May 08 W, 9-8 at Padres Finish 4.0 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.32 W (1-0) NYY May 12 W, 6-5 vs Angels Middle 0.2 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.00 NYY May 23 L, 3-4 at Tigers Finish 0.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.82 NYY May 26 L, 4-8 at Indians Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.97 NYY May 27 (2) W, 5-4 at Indians Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75 NYY May 29 L, 3-7 at Brewers Middle 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 02 L, 0-7 vs White Sox Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 NYY Jun 03 W, 3-2 vs White Sox Middle 2.0 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.93 NYY Jun 08 W, 11-10 at Royals Middle 0.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.87 NYY Jun 09 L, 8-9 at Royals Middle 2.0 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 3.06 NYY Jun 13 L, 7-8 at Twins Middle 0.2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95 NYY Jun 15 L, 5-9 at Rangers Finish 3.2 3 16 2 2 0 1 0 4 3.27 NYY Jun 21 W, 3-1 vs Blue Jays Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.22 NYY Jun 22 W, 3-2 vs Indians Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.96 NYY Jun 24 W, 8-2 vs Indians Middle 2.2 3 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.00 W (2-0) NYY Jun 25 L, 1-3 at Blue Jays Middle 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.83 NYY Jun 29 L, 2-3 vs Red Sox Finish 3.0 3 13 1 1 0 1 1 1 2.84 L (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 01 W, 6-5 vs Red Sox Finish 1 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.70 NYY Jul 04 W, 4-3 vs Brewers Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.67 NYY Jul 22 W, 4-0 vs Mariners Finish 4.2 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.35 W (3-1) NYY Jul 23 W, 6-2 vs Mariners Middle 0.2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.54 NYY Jul 24 W, 6-5 vs Angels Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.52 NYY Jul 28 L, 2-9 at Brewers Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.48 NYY Jul 29 L, 3-5 at Brewers Middle 1.2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.38 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 01 W, 9-1 at White Sox Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.47 NYY Aug 04 L, 4-5 vs Orioles Middle 1.2 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 3.38 L (3-2) NYY Aug 07 L, 5-9 vs White Sox Middle 0.2 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.52 NYY Aug 16 L, 1-5 vs Twins Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50 NYY Aug 18 W, 5-3 vs Twins Start 4.0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22 NYY Aug 22 L, 1-3 at Royals Middle 1.2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12 NYY Aug 25 L, 1-4 at Twins Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.10 NYY Aug 28 L, 2-10 at Rangers Middle 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.10 NYY Aug 30 L, 3-8 vs Royals Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.93 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 01 L, 8-9 vs Royals Middle 0.2 2 6 4 3 1 1 0 1 3.37 L (3-3) NYY Sep 02 W, 6-5 vs Royals Middle 0.1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.51 NYY Sep 07 L, 0-6 at Tigers Middle 4.0 4 16 3 3 0 2 0 2 3.73 NYY Sep 15 (2) W, 7-1 vs Tigers Finish 2 3.0 2 11 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.69 NYY Sep 17 (1) L, 1-5 at Indians Middle 0.2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.66 NYY Sep 18 L, 3-16 at Indians Finish 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.68 NYY Sep 20 L, 1-3 at Twins Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.64 NYY Sep 22 W, 7-4 at Blue Jays Middle 0.0 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 3.91

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       0   0   4.26    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.1    6    30    3    3   1    3   2    3    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Middle relief    1   2   6.33   26   0   0   0   0   0   27.0   43   128   23   19   3    6   1    9   12-14
As closer        2   1   1.89   15   0   0  15   2   0   33.1   24   128    7    7   1    6   1   13    5-10

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              101   15   24   33   2   2   1   14   1   0    5   0   2   11   5  .238  .327  .282  .609
vs RHB              154   19   49   80  15   2   4   18   2   2   10   4   0   14   5  .318  .519  .371  .890

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   3   4.34   22   2   0   7   2   0   37.1   39   159   19   18   4   10   3   11   14-8   6.00 runs/start
Road             1   0   3.37   21   0   0   8   0   0   29.1   34   127   14   11   1    5   1   14    5-16

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   1   3.91   15   0   0   5   2   0   23.0   21    96   11   10   4    7   1    8   10-5 
Night            1   2   3.92   28   2   0  10   0   0   43.2   52   190   22   19   1    8   3   17    9-19  6.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0  11.57    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.1    3    15    3    3   1    3   2    1    1-0   7.00 runs/start
May              1   0   1.80    7   0   0   4   0   0   10.0   12    41    2    2   0    1   0    2    3-4 
June             1   1   2.33   11   0   0   3   0   0   19.1   19    81    6    5   0    4   2    8    5-6 
July             1   0   0.90    7   0   0   2   1   0   10.0    5    37    1    1   0    2   0    4    5-2 
August           0   1   4.61    9   1   0   3   0   0   13.2   17    59    9    7   0    1   0    3    2-7   5.00 runs/start
September        0   1   8.74    8   0   0   3   1   0   11.1   17    53   12   11   4    4   0    7    3-5 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3     6    1    1   0    1   0    0    2-0 
Blue Jays        0   0   9.00    3   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    10    2    2   1    0   0    0    2-1 
Brewers          0   0   0.00    4   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    4    13    0    0   0    0   0    3    1-3 
Dodgers          0   0  11.57    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.1    3    15    3    3   1    3   2    1    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Giants           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2     7    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Indians          1   0   1.80    6   0   0   2   0   0   10.0   10    40    2    2   0    1   0    6    3-3 
Mariners         1   0   1.69    2   0   0   1   0   0    5.1    2    19    1    1   0    1   0    1    2-0 
Orioles          0   1  27.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    5    10    5    5   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Padres           1   0   2.25    1   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    4    15    1    1   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Rangers          0   0   4.91    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.2    4    18    4    2   0    1   0    4    0-2 
Red Sox          0   1   1.93    2   0   0   2   1   0    4.2    3    19    1    1   0    2   1    1    1-1 
Royals           0   1   5.62    6   0   0   1   0   0    8.0    9    35    7    5   2    2   1    2    2-4 
Tigers           0   0   4.91    3   0   0   2   1   0    7.1    6    29    4    4   1    3   0    3    1-2 
Twins            0   0   0.00    5   1   0   2   0   0    6.0    5    23    0    0   0    0   0    2    1-4   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   3.18    4   0   0   2   0   0    5.2   10    27    2    2   0    1   0    1    2-2 

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